Vice President, Enterprise Applications

Job Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute a multi-year enterprise applications strategy aligned with corporate objectives and digital transformation initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on technology-enabled business transformation opportunities.
• Establish enterprise application governance, portfolio management, and prioritization processes to ensure investments deliver measurable business value.
• Drive standardization, simplification, and optimization of enterprise business processes.

Oracle Fusion ERP Leadership

• Provide strategic leadership for Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and related applications.
• Lead ERP transformation initiatives, including implementation, enhancement, optimization, and post-go-live stabilization activities.
• Ensure Oracle Cloud capabilities are fully leveraged to improve operational efficiency, financial performance, reporting, compliance, and user experience.
• Oversee ERP roadmap planning, release management, system upgrades, and adoption of emerging Oracle technologies and innovations.

Business Partnership & Transformation

• Partner with Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Sales, and Operations leaders to identify opportunities to improve processes and organizational effectiveness.
• Lead enterprise-wide process transformation initiatives supported by modern cloud technologies, automation, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics.
• Champion data integrity, business intelligence, and enterprise reporting capabilities that support informed decision-making.

Operational Excellence

• Oversee application support, service delivery, system performance, availability, and user satisfaction across all enterprise platforms.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity, data privacy, audit, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage budgets, vendor contracts, licensing, and resource allocation to maximize ROI..

People Leadership

• Build, develop, and retain high-performing enterprise application teams.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Lead succession planning, talent development, and organizational capability building across the applications organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related discipline.  MBA or equivalent preferred
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in enterprise applications, ERP, and business technology transformation.
• Proven experience leading large-scale, global enterprise application organizations. Manufacturing, industrial, specialty chemical, or other asset-intensive experience preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership of at least one full lifecycle Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP implementation from strategy, design, and deployment through successful go-live and stabilization.  Global ERP transformations exceeding $10 million in project value preferred.
• Deep expertise across Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Procurement, Manufacturing, Projects, and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM).
• Strong understanding of enterprise integrations, data management, analytics, governance, cybersecurity, cloud architecture, and digital transformation practices.
• Experience establishing, managing, and optimizing a Managed Service Provider (MSP) relationship supporting Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, including application support, enhancements, release management, and service-level governance preferred.
• Experience managing large budgets, global teams, and complex technology vendor relationships, preferably throughout ERP transformation programs.
• Experience leveraging AI, machine learning, robotic process automation (RPA), and advanced analytics to improve business performance preferred.
• Strong communication, leadership, and organizational change management skills.

Koppers Inc. and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category or characteristic protected by federal law, state or local law.